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Thursday, March 8, 2012

What would a cure to diabetes mean to you?

So I did something I never really do. I just entered a contest but more then a contest I wanted to use this as a way for me to get out of my funky writers block. With our recent move, the kids, my feelings about diabetes lately (angry) and sicknesses it has been hard to will myself back to my blog.

So when I saw this contest on my facebook home page today I thought why not, I know what a cure for Type 1 Diabetes would mean to me, hell I think we all have very similar thoughts on this.

I'm a little behind the 8 ball (as they say) people started sharing and voting for their "What would a cure to diabetes mean to you?" submissions Jan 30 and voting is only opened until the 21st of March so I need a little help :) If you can please vote and share that would be grrrreat!!:) So click on the link below, read my thoughts on this subject and please vote...THANK YOU!!

To me a cure for diabetes would mean freedom. Freedom from the heavy
burdens of diabetes. Freedom from the highs and the lows, from the
relentless threats of health risks and complications. A cure would mean
freedom from the constant worrying; a chance for a quiet mind, a
spontaneous action and dinner once again would be about family. There
would be freedom from the clock and living our lives in two hour
increments. A cure would mean freedom from the fears which propels
sleeping parents and spouses to wake during the night. A cure would mean
freedom from the tools of diabetes. No need for meters or strips,
freedom from beeps and timers, no more pumps, sets, sites or tubing. No
need to inject insulin 4 or more times a day. The bruising would fade
and delicate skin would heal. A cure would mean freedom from all the
numbers, no more carb counting or ratio calculations, 1+1 once again
would =2 and would not be affected by the ever changing variables. For
this mother of a child who has type 1 diabetes a cure would mean freedom
from a phone that for now does not leave my side while my daughter is
away at school. Most importantly for my 6 year old daughter a cure
would mean freedom to live her life like everyone else.
Nicole

About Me

I am a Canadian mother of 6 wonderfully crazy children. On February 13th 2009 my then 3 year old daughter Cara was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes and this is our story.
On a side note: I do suffer from dyslexia so there will be spelling errors and grammar issues. Please forgive me!
ENJOY!